Shoestring-fastener.



Patented December i3, BLQO veur irrite.,

euotzermuemrne'reuen.

SPECXFJUATXN forming part o' Lettere Patent No. '?"/?,5i33, tinted December 13, 196e.

Application flied August 17, 1904. Serial No. 221,057. (No model.)

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Be it known that l, Hummm 0. brenne, :t citizen of the United cltntee ot' Alneriee, resid 'ing' at Newark, in the county ot Licking end State o'lI Ohio, hn ve inveiued certain new :ind useful lmprovemen te in Shoeetring-Fustiinerti, ot' which the 'following' is :i epeeii'ientien, rel."- erenee being` had therein to the accom pnnying d re. win gs.

This invention luis rehition to certain new and ueet'ul improvements in shoestriugue tenere, and hue AFor itv object the provision oi" novel menneI in connection with the ordinary shoe-Fastener whereby the hiere after they have been irilnecd in enormement with the ordin-ery lfastener eerried by the upper ol' tle Shoe een be secured, wlureby the leef-e czinnot beeelne loose from the upper oi' the shoe.

Another object oi thier invention is to provide n, novel form of e lute-Fastener which in adapted to be eeeured zibove the ordini-uy festenere eommonly used` whether the mniebe hooks or eyelets, :ind in ronetrueting my in1- proved lnee-'lestener l have employed ne eineu ple e emistriu-,tiou :is possible, whereby the expense of menut'ncture will be reduced to u minimum, et the Isume time presenting' :i construction which will be strong' und durable sind retain the lecce el' the lShoe when they ere onee phufed therein.

nlrietiy described, my improved `tustimer comprises two eylindrienl members which ere adapted to be secured upon euch eide ol the upper, preli'erebly nenr the top thereofl und above theordinnry inwoners, these cylindrical members carrying' hooks forme-d ot' wire whereby when the shoe hns been breed the laces may be passed through the eylindricel members, tied togetller, mid, then eecured in the hooked portions oi' the inernbers.

',l`he above construction will be hereinafter more fully described und then snieciticwlly` 'pointed out 1n the ehums, end, reterring'to the drawings acconipf-inying this application, Figure 1 is e fragmentary View ot' the top ot' en upper ot' :i shoe., showing' my improved AF:retenereeeured thereto. Fig. 2 e top plan view of my improved lieeteneig'Showing', the sume secured to e portieri oi,2 the upper et :t

shoe. Fie'. 3 ie :i vertical seetionnl view of the cylindricul member el my' improved la tener. Fig. et :i detail perspective view ot' one ol the wire hook members. liigg'. 5 in n. vertical eeetiennl view of the cylindrical meinu ber el in v iniproved fastener, Showing the manner et' seeurine; the sinne to the upper of e shoe..

l`hrou, ;houi the several views-of the drewing'e similar reference chareeters designate corresponding;` parte, :rnd tbe reference ehm'n eetcr A designates the upper o l: the Shoe, which upon its sides is provided with the ordinary .clneps or hoehe l, und the leeee (l end l) nre secured in theee hooks or ehuips iu the ordinauw' manner, es illuetrzited in Fig'. l of the drawings. y

,lily invent-ion resides'. in the fastening; oi the upper end ot' the shoe-lecce, whereby when the shoe has once been hired it will beimpossible for the sinne to become leone or untied, nud in carrying' my iden into elt'eet l have provided two 'eylimlricel members l end L), theee nienrbere` boing Yidentienl in construe tion :ind ere phiced upon the sides et' theuppei ot' the shoe. f',lhe cylindrical members l end 2 have their endeihum'ed, es deeie'neted :it 3 5, vthe object of which will he hereinafter more Jfully described. ln order toeeeure theee cylilith-ical members upon the sides oi the upper et' the shoe, lemploy n metelliestrip Il, which passes through the cylindrical member and has its ends bent rearwardly, ne designated ut 5, :ind puneed through the upper A ol the Shoe, the ende ol the metallic etrip being; bent downwardly, :tu deeiguzited et (i e, whereby the e1\,'liudrie:il Vmember will be liirmly secured to the upper ./-lr ol the shoe. 'lhe heel: por-` tion of my improved izietener c ioniprieiis e piece oi: wire which is bent to 'lorm :i loop 7, eeeh end or' the wire beine; bent upon itself, ne indicated :it li, whereby the loop 'i' will form u hook. rlhe ends of the wire ere then bent around the cylindrical member l, ne designated et S) 9, the wire passing under the llenges 3 3, end earch i'htng'e is Sheered to permit the loose end el the wire to extend outwnrdly, es designated :it 10 l0, end this loose end el" he wire bent upon iteeli, ne indieeted et il 11, te eugene eueh eide et' the upper, :is shown in IOO portion will be prevented by the loose ende ll ol' the wire engaging behind the upper ot' the shoe. After the luces here been passed around the clasps; or hooks E in the ordinary manner the ends of the lacesv are pes ed upwerdl \v through the cylindrical members l 2, and the ends ot' the laces are then tied into a Suitable knot or bow, :uid to prevent this bow or knot rfrom becoming' loose'l preferably place one end oi' the string in each oi' the hook portiei'xs T and zitter the 5eme is tied in o bow l place one ot' the bows und the end ot' the String' in one ot' the hooks 7 upon one Side of the upper and the other bow :ind loo end in the hook T carried upon the opoosii Y,ide ot' the upper. lijf so Securing' the ende of the string it will be inlposeible for the Same to become disengaged from the shoe until it is desired to remove lio same, et which time the ends et' he laces or string only be readilyY withdrawn 1from the hoolmembers, the bow unlied, zuid the ende` of the string' withdrawn roin the erliealrieel members l 2, wlierebgY the lH'hoe muy be unloeed.

lt will be observed from Ff inge that my improved lecol of the drewin eoniunetiou with the ordinary feeteners, und while l here herein shown the fastener es beineparticularly zulsipted for shoe-leees it oln'iousy that the sume may be reedilli` einoloyed upon :':ueh ertielee` orgarzneots where iii lziee'nl l it will be seen by #tener is eoinwel in form zuid presents e neet appearance .struction without departing trein the :ire used enr that the onde of .seid laces may be readily secured together ie the meneer heretofore described. l de not cere to eenline myself to the specific, Shape or manner of bending the wire forming the hook portions but may so construct the Same in any de.- sired manner whereby tl results above sta/ted will be accomplished, and l may malte Verious other slight changes in the details of eengeneral spirit of the invention.

Having fully described my invention, what l claim, and desire to secure by Letters Pao ent, is

l. ln Combination with en uppeijof e shoe, a hollow cylindrical member Secured upon euch side ol: the upper, with ite bore parallel the Surface of the upper, Seid cylindrical member having its ends flanged, e Wire bent' to forni :i hook und .Secured under seid ilenges, u nietzillie strip passing through seid eylindriofil member find engaging the upper of the Shoe, Substantially :is de eed.

2. The Combination witu u, shoe? ot stringtnsteners each e nipoeed o1 hollow cylindrie l member .seein-ed to the shoe with its bore parallel to the surface thereof end ed: ed to receive :i Shoestring, Staple pessime' through the boro of the seid member ent l Curing it in position on the Shoes e wir mounted ou said member and also adapted t receive the Shoestring, substent scribed.

in teetirnong7 whereof ellix my sig, the presence el two witnesses. 

